General Clean Energy News – Weekly Round up

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Link: Labour’s great green energy plan could be a legacy as vital as the NHS | Polly Toynbee | The Guardian

Outlet: The Guardian

Summary: Ed Miliband has a rare chance to do for the climate what Nye Bevan did for health: create something future generations will be proud of. Labour aims to shift the UK to homegrown clean energy (wind, solar, nuclear, EVs), reducing reliance on volatile fossil fuel markets and improving national security.

 

Headline: £25m backing for synthetic gas plant

Summary: The founder of Wise is among those backing a British producer of synthetic natural gas, which has raised £25m as it gears up to build the largest plant of its kind in Europe.

Outlet: The Times (print article 22.04)

Page: 33

 

Headline: Renewables overtake coal for the first time in a century

Summary: Renewables have overtaken coal worldwide for the first time in a century.

Outlet: The Times (print article 22.04)

Page: 4

 

Headline: Highlands generates most renewable electricity per household in UK, study reveals – Yahoo News UK

Outlet: Yahoo News UK

Summary: More renewable energy is produced in the Scottish Highlands per household than in any other area of the UK, new research has shown.

 

Headline: How clean energy shielded the world from crisis during Strait of Hormuz blockade | The Independent

Outlet: The Independent

Summary: New data reveals solar and wind power significantly shielded the world from the worst impacts of the energy crisis triggered by the Strait of Hormuz blockade.

 

TEP Birmingham-Specific News

 

Headline: UK hydrogen-based synthetic gas start-up raises £25m | Power | gasworld

Outlet: Gasworld

Summary: UK start-up Rivan Industries has raised £25 million to expand its hydrogen-based synthetic natural gas (SNG) technology, which aims to produce cleaner, domestically generated fuel for heavy industries like steel and cement. This will support scaling up a 15 MW plant and manufacturing capacity in South London.

 

Headline: Plans submitted to build waste-to-hydrogen plant in Manston – BBC News

Outlet: BBC News

Summary: Plans to build a “waste-to-hydrogen” facility in Manston, Kent, which would convert non-recyclable waste into hydrogen fuel as part of efforts to cut emissions and reduce landfill, has been submitted.

 

Headline: Call for Government rethink of diesel truck ban | Electric trucks

Outlet: Fleet News

Summary: Introducing a mandate requiring only zero-emission truck (ZEV) sales could destabilise the UK commercial vehicle market because it risks forcing supply ahead of real demand.

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